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2016 Budapest, Hungary 53Rd European Bridge Team Championships 16Th to 25Th June 2016 2016 Budapest, Hungary 53rd European Bridge Team Championships 16th to 25th June 2016 Editor : Mark Horton Co-Editors : Jos Jacobs, Brian Senior Journalists : David Bird, John Carruthers, Dániel Gulyás, Christina Lund-Madsen, Ram Soff er, Ron Tacchi Lay-out Editor & Photographer : Francesca Canali HUNGARY - THE REAL EURO 2016 ISSUE No. 1 For the first time since 1937 Hungary plays host to the European Bridge Team Cham- pionships (although the Youth Championships were staged in Budapest in 1986). THURSDAY, In those now far off years, the Championships were dominated by Austria and Hun- JUNE 16, 2016 gary, who between them won five of the seven contests between 1932 and 1938, only CONTENTS France managing to disturb their joint hegemony. CLICK TO NAVIGATE Could it be that the concept of synchronicity caused these two great nations to meet in the 'other' Euros just two days ago? What is certain is that they will both be hoping Matches today to recapture the glory of those early years here in Budapest. p. 2 Adventures with Ottlik SCHEDULE AND BBO SCHEDULE TODAY Mark Horton, p. 2 10.00: 13.20: 16.00: 18.40: Women's Pairs Women's Pairs Women's Pairs Women's Pairs Championship Diary Open Teams Open Teams Open Teams Open Teams Mark Horton, p. 3 BBO: BBO: BBO: BBO: Out for blood ROM - HUN (O) IRE - ENG (O) AUT - NED (O) MON - FRA (O) GRE - SWE (O) NOR - ISR (O) HUN - GER (O) NOR - SWE (O) Mark Horton, p. 4 SWI - LAT (O) SPA - DEN (O) ROM - BEL (O) CRO - SER (O) The voice GER - AUT (O) TUR - NED (O) ITA - POR (O) DEN - POL (O) p. 5 EST - FAR (O) SWI - GER (O) FRA - GRE (O) SCO - HUN (O) RUS - UKR (O) HUN - ICE (O) TUR - CZE (O) UKR - WAL (O) Made in Hungary Mark Horton, p. 6 LEGEND: ON SITE VG + BBO BBO ONLY VOICE + BBO 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary MATCHES TODAY OPEN ROUND 1 OPEN ROUND 2 OPEN ROUND 3 OPEN ROUND 4 ROM HUN BUL ROM ROM BEL ROM EST GEO POL BEL LAT GEO ICE LAT CZE SWI LAT ITA SCO MON LAT NED GRE GER AUT NOR ISR ITA POR ENG ICE ICE BLR SPA DEN NOR SCO RUS GER FIN FRA UKR POR SPA ISR CRO SER SER TUR SWE CYP UKR DEN CYP FIN NED WAL IRE ENG SWE CRO ISR SWI EST FAR WAL RUS IRE CYP DEN POL GRE SWE FAR CRO WAL ENG POR GEO CZE IRE FRA CZE FAR RUS SCO HUN ENG SPA TUR NED FRA GRE BUL TUR RUS UKR AUT EST TUR CZE MON FRA CRO ITA BLR GRE AUT NED BEL BLR CYP NOR POL SER BLR EST ITA IRE ISR BEL SWI GER POL FIN NOR SWE POR BUL HUN ICE SWI SER SPA FAR SCO MON GEO FIN HUN GER UKR WAL DEN Byey MON Byey BUL Byey AUT Byey TIME: 10.00 TIME: 13.20 TIME: 16.00 TIME: 18.40 ADVENTURES WITH OTTLIK by Mark Horton In 1977 the first Junior European championships West North East South were held in Budapest. Geza Ottlik composed deals 1}* for the camp that followed and proved the model for Pass 1{* Pass 1] many of the deals in Adventures in Cardplay. We Pass 2] Pass 2NT will give you the opportunity to solve one of these Pass 4] All Pass problems each day. Board 1 1} Strong North Dealer 1{ Negative [ 7 6 4 2 Play Instructions: ] Q 10 7 3 4] by South. { 10 6 West to lead [5. } A 6 2 The solution [ A 10 will be published ] K 9 8 6 2 tomorrow { A K 4 along with another problem } Q J 5 KeepKeep in touchtouch IfIf youyou would like to comment on ananyy aspect of the Championships, submit an article for publication, ad- vvertiseertise yyourour forthcoming events, report an analanalyticalytical error (heaven forfend!) etc contact the Editor: [email protected]@hotmaill.com 2 GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY by Mark Horton If you are planning to follow the Championships on Takler BBO Traian Chira has prepared a page with player Demeter, Zoltan - intense dry wines, ***-**** 11 profiles, teams, Convention Cards, and a lot of useful &12 esp Veres, Kakas, and Lapis. The 09 Eszter late information: harvest is also very good. http://livebridge.net/bbo/wbf/2016ebtc.php Disznoko is an important Tokaj estate as is Dologo Eger is a top red region, with Egri Bikaver the most Hungarian is supposedly a notoriously hard language famous (well, not for Hungarians) and there’s no doubt that Essencia - the richest and rarest of all Hungarian pretty much every word is hard to pronounce, but one Tokaji wines. of the most common victims is the famous Gulyás Gere, Attila, 06, 07, 08, 09, 11, leading light in soup. It doesn’t help that this is often written as making red wines, Solus Merlot and the Cabernet “Goulash” on menus but the actual pronunciation is Sauvignon are worth watching out for. more like gu-y-arsh (y as in yolk, arsh as in marsh). Heimann, family winery, a superb Barbar and Pronounce the capital like this: Buddah-pesht. Franciscus Cuvee. Konyari, father and son making high quality wines, Searching for interesting information about our watch for the reds, Pava, Sessio & Janoshegy hosts, I discovered that Hungary has won Kekfrankos. 476 medals at the summer Olympic Games, making Hungary 8th in the world on the all-time medal tally. On a lighter note I receive an email from a friend Not to mention that no fewer than twelve Hungarians that reads: are Nobel Prize winners. 'A pal has two tickets for the Euro 2016 Final in Paris but when he got them he hadn't realised that it Hungarians are brilliant inventors: was going to be on the same day as his wedding, so You’ve probably tried to solve a Rubik’s Cube at he can't go. If you're interested and want to go instead least once in your life, but did you know that this brain- of him it's at All Saints Church in Sutton Benger. Her teaser is the brain-child of Hungarian Ernő Rubik? name's Elizabeth.' 2014 marks 40 years since this challenging little cube was invented and through the decades hundreds of Lest you are in any doubt about the fact that bridge millions have been sold. Another Hungarian invention can be a dangerous game here is the evidence: is the ballpoint pen, also known as the biro. It was invented by László Bíró in 1938 and by replacing Communications Manager Fotis Skoularikis was the quill and fountain pens, the biro is said to have injured when changed the way we write. Ányos Jedlik is thought to a wardrobe be the first to have made a soda-water machine, while containing the Joseph Petzval invented binoculars and opera glasses boards to be among other things. The safety match was invented used in the by János Irinyi in 1836. Vitamin C was discovered by Championships Albert Szent-Györgyi, who won the 1937 Nobel Prize decided to fall for Medicine, in part, for this discovery. The tungsten on top of him. lamp was created by the work of Sándor Just and Imre Luckily nothing is Bródy among others. broken, but it will be a while before In the unlikely event that you might want to enjoy he can put his the odd glass of wine with your dinner here is a short best foot forward. guide to some of the best regions and growers: Badacsony ** -*** - lookout for Szeremley and Villa Sandahl, Villa Tolnay & Laposa Balatonbolgar **-*** - Garamvari, Konyari, Legli Otto, Legli Geza & Varga Bikaver - Bulls Blood 07, 08, 09, 11 - look out for Szekszard, Eszterbauer Tuke 09 & 11, Heimann & GO TO PAGE: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 53RD EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Budapest, Hungary OUT FOR BLOOD by Mark Horton On the first of April 1982, Alan Truscott's column in partnership confidence, takes an immediate plunge. the New York Times was entitled: The diamond jack is led, and South wins with the king, noting that East follows. The authors now ask their first question: How many diamond tricks have you? Most players would quickly answer ''five,'' but South []{}[]]{}{ cannot count on more than four: If the missing dia- monds are in the same hand, he will be stuck in his Bridge Hungarian Analysts' hand after the fourth round of the suit. Book Apparently Has No Flaws The next question is: ''Is there any way of unblo- cking?'' And the answer is yes. The establishment of a The multitude of books that analyze bridge deals are major-suit winner in dummy will permit the discard of subject to an unhappy generalization: the seven or eight of diamonds to good effect. The reader who looks hard enough will find an error. ''How do you set about doing that?'' the reader is This generalization broke down when the Scottish asked. There are some routine attempts: lead the A-Q player-writer Hugh Kelsey set about revising a classic of spades, or lead the A-K-J of hearts. But these plays first published in 1960: ''Spotlight on Cardplay'' by are liable to fail if a defender holds off. two great Hungarian analysts, Robert Darvas and Paul Lukacs. It costs South nothing to cash the heart ace, in the Kelsey found nothing to improve, but much to ad- faint hope that the queen will fall.
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